Mick, sorry I didn't answer you. Yes, I *think* it was a genuine Windows update as that is what has been set to run, BUT I am going to turn the automatic thing off as I hate it and it seems to cause problems.

Also, I forgot to say, when I looked at Adaware and Spybot's scans, from this morning, there was only one thing in Adaward and only a handful in Spybot, all quarantined and then deleted, so I don't think anything came through that way.

I think AVG was catching them, but i was missing the reports. After it would reboot Windows, not the harddrive, I would hear that plonking tone, but nothing would show up on the screen so we couldn't figure out what it was. Now, I think it was AVG telling me it had found a trojan, so maybe they have been quarantined all along, by AVG, and have not infected my system? Is that possible? I've just emptied my vault and am running a new virus scan. Will keep you posted.

Thanks,

kat